In The Rope Walk, Carrie Brown crafts a luminous story of a young girl's coming of age during a crucial summer in New England. On her tenth birthday Alice meets two visitors to her quiet town: Theo, the African American grandson of her father's best friend, and Kenneth, an artist who has come home to convalesce. Theo forms an instant bond with Alice that will indelibly change them both. The pair in turn befriend Kenneth, and decide to build a “rope walk” through the woods for him, allowing to make his way through the outdoor world he has always loved. But their good intentions lead to surprising consequences, and Alice soon learns how different the world of children and adults really are.
- ISBN10 0375424636
- ISBN13 9780375424632
- Publish Date 1 May 2007
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 31 March 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pantheon Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 321
- Language English